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Positive structural change (PORE) in Turku and Southwest Finland October 2017
Positive structural change At present, growth in the Turku region is boosted by the excellent success of the business sector: the strong growth prospects of the maritime, pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries in particular are increasing trust and fuelling a boom in other industries as well, such as construction. The growth prospects of the manufacturing industry span to the mid-2020s. By this time, the maritime and automotive industries and their networks will be among those that have increased their production capacity to a whole new level. We are talking about a positive structural change with good reason. This not only involves Turku and Southwest Finland but the entire country. We can say that Southwest Finland is currently forging growth across the entire country and for the benefit of Finland.
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Structural change in brief
The turnover of all industries and the maritime industry group is on the rise. 220
Index 2010 = 100
210
210,1
200
A-X Kaikki toimialat
C Teollisuus poislukien Meyer Turku
190
Meriteollisuusyritysryhmä
F Rakentaminen
180
G Tukku- ja vähittäiskauppa
Muut palvelut (H, I, J, K, L, M, N, R, S)
170 160 150
146,7
140
130,8 129,9 120,9 116,2
130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 1
4
7 10 1 2010
4
7 10 1 2011
4
7 10 1 2012
4
7 10 1
2013
4
7 10 1
2014
4
7 10 1
2015
4
7 10 1
2016
4
7 10
2017
Source: Statistics Finland trend indicator service
Turnover trends by industry in the Turku sub-region Jan 2010–Mar 2017
Upturn in employment 20 19 18 17 % 16 15,5 15 14 13.9 13 2015
2016
2017
12 Tammi
Helmi
Maalis
Huhti
Touko
Kesä
Heinä
Elo
Syys
Loka
Marras
Joulu
Source: http://www.turku.fi/en/turkuinfo/statistics
Growth prospects in the automotive industry •
2013–2015 Valmet Automotive hired more than 1,000 employees, mostly within an 80 km radius.
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2016–2017 about 1,100 new workers and salaried employees
Growth prospects in the maritime industry •
2014 baseline: 4,000 Meyer and network workers, in 2017 about 7,000.
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By 2020, following the receipt of new orders, the number will rise to 17,000, and by 2022–2024, to around 20,000 people. With multiplier effects outside the shipyard, the growth impact is as much as 30,000 person-years.
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Foreign workers now account for about 40% of the network – this varies.
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Meyer Turku Oy’s investment programme €185 million in total.
Measures of the manufacturing and maritime industries • A sponsored mechanical engineering and welding professorship in the Lappeenranta University of Technology in Turku
• A sponsored post of principal lecturer in marine technology in the Turku University of Applied Sciences • The Merilinja (marine line) studies at the Turun suomalaisen yhteiskoulun lukion secondary school (2008–) • Maritime and Technology Education Forum (2015–) • Partial funding from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment’s Meriohjelma 2014–2016 (maritime programme) and the implementation of three projects (Turku Seas 2020, TRIMMI, Finbratech) • Participation in the profiling campaign of the Finnish Marine Industries association (METY) • Design and launch of the Blue Industry Park near the Turku shipyard • Founding and maintaining the Turku Future Technologies university network together with the City of Rauma • Comprehensive and long-term efforts to strengthen the cooperation between institutes of higher education in the field of technology as a strategic entity
Development of the shipyard’s lands • Improving accessibility requires government investments to be expedited and for the city to obtain additional funding
• The Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) is currently carrying out quick improvement measures
FTA’s quick improvement measures
Growth prospects in the manufacturing technology industry • There are a great many jobs available in Southwest Finland at present and in the next few years. The demand for highly educated experts will double, and hundreds of new skilled professionals will be needed. • Case Sandvik: The employment impact of the Turku office was about 2,000 people in 2017, with an annual increase of about 500 people, of which 250 directly.
Technology industry: Growth for the future with investments •
With the good growth prospects in the technology industry, Pemamek Oy’s new factory expansion was opened in Loimaa in January 2017.
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Over 90% of the PEMA robot and production automation solutions manufactured by the company are exported.
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As a high-technology company, Pemamek has a significant impact on Southwest Finland. In the last year, the company’s own personnel has increased by 30%.
Growth prospects in the construction industry and other sectors •
Housing construction in Turku is at a record level; the increase in building permits (m2) in 2015–2016 was more than 100%.
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Spill-over effects on the service sector can also be seen
Southwest Finland as the driver of exports • The export of goods in Southwest Finland increased by 22% in 2015 33% in 2014 • During the first half of 2016, exports declined, which is explained by the handover of
the Mein Schiff 4 vessel during the latter half of the year, among other things. • The largest growth is yet to come. Source: Turun Sanomat, 8 February 2017
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MARITIME DIGITAL SUPPLY SPACE Systemic value empowering South-West Finland Maritime Hub
Maritime Digital Supply Space (MDSS) yleiskuvaus •
Haluamme saada meriklusterissa aikaan B2B integraatioekosysteemin, jonka osapuolet kuten laivanvarustaja, laivan valmistajat alihankintaverkostoineen, erityyppiset toimittajat, rahoittajat sekä ICT –palveluiden ja –alustojen tarjoajat liikkuvat kohti standardoituja API –integraatioratkaisuja, joilla mahdollistetaan automatisoitu tiedon ja dokumenttien vaihto.
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Tiedon vaihdon automatisoinnilla ja integroinnilla mahdollistetaan edelleen kustannus-säästöjen synty, enemmän arvoa tuottavien tuotteiden ja palveluiden kehittäminen, edullisempi valmistusaikainen ja ostajarahoitus sekä tuotetiedon hallinta koko sen elinkaaren ajan.
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Jotta saavutamme konkreettisia tuloksia, osapuolten on sitouduttava tähän kehityksen suuntaan. MDSS voimistuu vasta tuloksekkaiden operatiivisten integraatioiden kautta
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Syntyviä ratkaisuja arvioidaan niiden helppokäyttöisyyden, kustannustehokkuuden ja integroitavuuden perusteella. Tämä edellyttää kansainvälisten standardien käyttöä ja yhteisiä toimintaprosesseja, jotta ratkaisut voidaan toteuttaa ja hallita meriekosysteemissä ja jotta niiden käyttöönotto on helppoa, ymmärrettävää ja edullista niin ekosysteemin nykyisille yritykselle kuin siihen liittyville uusille yrityksille
MDSS ja DSC Core projektien osapuolet • Maritime Supply Space platform–projekti (16 yrityspartneria aloituksessa)
• Digital Supply Chain Core – projekti metsäklusterissa tukee MDSS-projektia kehitystyöllään ja päin vastoin
Economic boom = the new normal • An exceptionally intense and long-term period of growth is currently underway in the manufacturing technology industry, particularly in the maritime and automotive industries • The long-term growth prospects require structural, systematic changes – in addition to quickly effective measures • This positive structural change also impacts other sectors, both regionally and across Finland • The growth will accelerate and the need for skilled labour will continue to increase until the mid-2020s, leading towards a new, permanent level of production capacity • The availability of skilled labour is a critical factor – the performance of the education system must be considerably improved • Direct employment impact of investments in education: the more skilled domestic labour there is available, the less need there will be for searching for experts and skilled professionals from abroad
Employment and immigration • The Workforce Incubators in the Turku Region project that has been launched in the Turku region builds incubators for five leading sectors (machining and metalworking, construction, logistics, private health and social services, and trade and food industry). • In the TUTTU-6Aika project, unemployed people solve challenges of businesses for free. • An employment trial was launched in Turku, Raisio, Naantali and Paimio on 1 August 2017. Its target group comprises all unemployed people under the age of 25 and all the long-term unemployed. The trial transferred the responsibility for the target groups’ employment to the cities. • With the growth agreement, Turku wants to facilitate immigrants’ path to employment. Turku also buys services from five service providers to promote the employment of people with an immigrant background. Many projects are underway for employing immigrants, such as Baana – a network-like recruitment model. • Turun Aikuiskoulutuskeskus, an adult education centre in Turku, has founded the company Täsmäosaajat Oy, which leases recent graduates of Turun Aikuiskoulutuskeskus and the Turku Vocational Institute as well as people from the Turku Employment Centre to companies. The idea is that the companies can then hire the people whose performance they have liked. At the end of July, there were almost 15,000 unemployed job seekers and a little under two thousand vacancies in Turku. A year earlier, there were two thousand more unemployed people.
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Impacts on the city’s own operations
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August 2017 • Unemployment percentage 14.0% • Proportion of PAT 36.7% • Proportion of young people 13.0% The relative proportion of those who have been unemployed for 1,000 days will increase • The prolongation to 300 days will decrease but the prolongation to 1,000 will not Estimate of the municipal share of the labour market subsidy in 2017 €24 million • The goal is to decrease the municipal share €20 million with an employment trial; requires additional resources
Building permits granted in Turku, pcs 2500 2 308
2000 1 703 1 576
1567 1428
1500 1 093 1000
1 003 903
1 502
992
973
437
500
82
47
2014
01-08/2015
93
81
121
83
2015
01-08/2016
2016
01-08/2017
0
Myönnetyt luvat kpl
Myönnetyt asunnot, pientalot kpl
Myönnetyt asunnot, muut kpl
Started and completed residences in Turku, pcs 2500
2 021 2000 1 635 1500 1 196 1 013
1 008
979
1000
876
798
774 601
548
536
500
74
132
94
63
51
85
77
52
101
88
66
75
0 2014
01-08/2015
Aloitetut asunnot, pientalot kpl
2015
Aloitetut asunnot, muut kpl
01-08/2016 Valmistuneet asunnot, pientalot kpl
2016
01-08/2017
Valmistuneet asunnot, muut kpl
Permits and construction work in Turku, m2 600 000
500 000
478 396
400 000
369 856 334 107
300 000 257 211
262 795
256 285
248 593
245 263
214 953 183 865
200 000
158 782 134 254 128 456
152 409 104 274 102 050 100 000
88 746 70 147 68 979
162 813 136 109 110 252 75 766
67 496
0 2014
01-08/2015 Myönnetyt luvat m2
2015
Aloitetut rakennustyöt m2
01-08/2016 Valmistuneet rakennukset m2
2016 Keskeneräiset rakennukset m2
01-08/2017
Yritystontit (Y, K, T), k-m2 160000
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About 40 plots are available until further notice on the north side of the bypass 2018 (m2, floor area) • Saramäki 50,000 • Airport area 50,000 2019 (m2, floor area) • Kaarninko 3,500* • Skanssi Central Park 1,000* • Koroistenkaari 30,000 2020 (m2, floor area) • Lauste 15,000* • Koroistenkaari 30,000
150000
* Arvio, asemakaavat eivät voimassa
140000 120000 100000 100000 80000 60000
45000 34500
40000 26758
25000
2015
2016
20000 0
Luovutetut
09/2017
Jatkuvassa haussa
2018
2019
2020*
Arvio luovutettavaksi tulevista uusista tonteista
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Increase in the number of journeys with Föli in 2016 5.6%, in Turku 5%. Increase Jan–Aug 2017 5.3% Pressure to increase availability during rush hours, with commuter traffic in particular growing The needs of large companies in commuter transport will be highlighted in the coming years Transport must be increased by at least €1 million per year, i.e. 2%, in the coming years
Schools and day care centres • The number of students will increase by about 250 students per year until at least 2020 and further in the 2020s if the population increases as anticipated. • Student intake capacity needs to be increased by 2,500 within ten years. At present, about 500 of these study places already exist.
• New school buildings will be needed in the 2020s. Can be implemented in the community centres of Skanssi, Linnakaupunki and Itäharju, for example • The demand for day care will increase as a result of the rapid improvement in the employment situation and the increased appreciation for early childhood education, even though the growth of the age group of 0 to 6-year-olds is low at present • Realisation of the anticipated trend will lead to a demand for 100– 150 new places in day care per year. This increase can be implemented at the community centres of Skanssi, Linnakaupunki and Itäharju and as other municipal and private investments.
The proportion of one-person households is the highest in Turku
among the six largest cities – will PORE change this? 55
Proportion of one-person households 2007– 2015 Turku
50
Proportion of one-person households 2015 Turku 51,1 Tampere
48,8
Helsinki
48,4
Tampere Helsinki
45
Oulu
Oulu
42,7
Koko maa
41,9
Koko maa
40
Vantaa Espoo
35
Vantaa
38,3
Espoo 30 200720082009201020112012201320142015
35,6 0
20
40
60
The proportion of people with low income is higher in Turku than in the other five of the six largest cities in Finland. Among these cities, Turku has the third most uneven distribution of income among its residents. This is partly explained by the city’s demographics (elderly, students) and living alone, but it affects the needs for services (polarisation, differentiation of service needs).
Impacts/Recreation Division • The Recreation Division’s services are key in the structural change from the perspectives of promoting the city’s attractiveness and competitiveness as well as promoting welfare • Over the course of 10 to 15 years, the anticipated population growth will impact the use of facilities and services in all service areas: library, sports, museum, youth and orchestra • Communication targeted at new residents of Turku will take active hobbyists, those who require open and easily accessible services and those who are still passive in their free time into consideration
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The city’s extensive role
Thematic areas and work packages of the positive structural change at the city level • • • • • • •
Expertise, education and research Innovation and development environments, incl. infrastructures Employment, labour mobility and immigration Housing, construction and land use Welfare services Accessibility, connections, transport and logistics Marketing and strengthening the region’s attractiveness, incl. Invest-in
➢In Turku, contents have been prepared and implemented within the scope of existing cooperation frameworks, development programmes and agreements. ➢Close contact with the positive structural change working group, assembled in December 2016, to coordinate the big picture and promote the goals. ➢Preparations are underway to form the bridge agreement proposed by rapporteur Esko Aho.
Company-oriented development services in Turku • Public transport solutions that take work shifts into account • Quick solutions for expanding business premises • Rapid housing construction and anticipating the demand • Improving transport infrastructure (incl. accessibility to the shipyard, commuter and freight transport and parking)
• Tailored education solutions for companies with the one-stop-shop principle through the Maritime and Technology Education Forum • Extensive strengthening of technical education and its attractiveness across all levels of education
• Commuter transport pilot Turku–Uusikaupunki (ELY, Turku, Valmet, Automotive) • Business coaching provided by a network of subcontractors • ‘Move to Turku!’ materials as support for companies’ recruitment efforts and labour mobility • Construction of the Blue Industry Park – a production area of the future – next to the shipyard
The extensive education reform spans from the growth phase to the future • In December 2016, the City of Turku submitted to the government assessments on the situation of the development of expertise and concrete proposals for measures, collected from the educational institutions and institutions of higher education in Turku and Southwest Finland as well as cooperating universities of technology elsewhere in Finland • The situation assessments and the total of 32 proposals for measures are based on the educational institutions’ strong expertise and close connections with working life and businesses • Representatives of key companies in the region participated in the preparation of the proposals as well as the assessment of the measures and the overall situation As a result of the initiative: ➢ The rapporteur appointed by the Ministry of Education and Culture submitted his final report on 21 April 2017. ➢ The state’s supplementary budget of May 2017 included a decision on granting €20 million in funding to specific educational measures related to the positive structural change. ➢ A working group set up by the ministry (chair Mikko Hupa, Åbo Akademi) submitted a proposal for the allocation of the funding in autumn 2017 ➢ The ministry will open its own application process for the €2 million that will be allocated to support the measures of organisations that provide vocational education, as decided upon in the supplementary subject. The application process will open in autumn 2017
Master’s level education in technology is a source of top expertise, innovation and start-up activities
• The fastest growing technology industry production area in Finland, located in Southwest Finland, will require a stronger and more diverse ecosystem between the companies in the region and a university of technology. The permanent basis for this ecosystem will be local master’s level education in technology • that meets the future needs of businesses. This education will lay the foundation for established cooperation and innovation activities between technology companies, students and researchers. It will be a significant, permanent source for the accumulation of top expertise, the development of competitiveness and constant renewal both in business and in the university. • Strong bachelor’s level education in engineering ensures a comprehensive expertise profile, creates a significant recruitment base for master’s level education in technology and opens up educational paths. • The Turku University of Applied Sciences increased the intake of engineering students by 200 in autumn 2017 (previously 450, now 650). • University-level research and education in technology create a critical mass in the region, which is a prerequisite for technology business and start-up activities that are based on top research and innovation.
➢ The effectiveness of the joint university of technology (Finnish Institute of Technology, FITech) trial is critical – the model will be assessed by 2020.
The joint university FITech will be founded in autumn 2017 • A new joint university of technology, FITech, will be founded in Finland. • The goal is to have 400–450 masters of science (technology) settle in Southwest Finland every year in the final phase of the project. • The joint university will immediately launch measures to support the growth of industry in Southwest Finland. The objective is to immediately increase the opportunities of all students of universities of technology to complete diploma theses, practical training and course-related projects at companies in Southwest Finland in autumn 2017. • The key target group who these measures are intended to attract are university students from Southwest Finland who study technology elsewhere in Finland. The network university will be a collaboration between Aalto University, Lappeenranta University of Technology, the University of Oulu, Tampere University of Technology, the University of Turku, the University of Vaasa and Åbo Akademi.
The other
founding members are the Technology Industries of Finland and Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland.
• At the budget session, €3 million was allocated to FITech, €2 million for expanding operations • The starting point will be an assessment of the model in 2020. The effectiveness of the FITech trial is critical – the model must be assessed continuously.
Marketing and communications: The ‘Move to Turku’ campaign supports growth and attracts labour • Attracting competent labour to the region is vital for ensuring growth. There is already a shortage of technical experts. • The City of Turku launched a national campaign to attract experts in spring 2017. The aim is to also attract international experts to Turku and Southwest Finland. • The large-scale campaign for attracting experts is ongoing and currently in the works. It is being planned and implemented in extensive regional cooperation between operators in Southwest Finland (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, institutions of higher education, Turku, Rauma, Uusikaupunki, Employment and Economic Development Office, Regional Council of Southwest Finland and Regional Council of Satakunta).